In collaboration with the university, Huron implemented a student internship program designed to deliver numerous benefits while helping the university creatively finance and staff the c
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implemented a student internship program
designed to deliver numerous benefits while
helping the university creatively finance and
staff the cloud project In addition to being a
scalable and sustainable program, the internship
has enabled students to enrich their career skills
and learn real-world business and management
lessons Using student interns to produce
deliverables and add other value to the project
has made deployment of the new software
applications more cost-effective
The University of Wyoming and the WyoCloud
project have gained vocal advocates in the campus
user community, in part because of the interns’
communication and marketing activities As for
those students, their training and experience in
the cloud have created attractive candidates for
full-time employment by the university, Huron and
similar organizations that need their skills
CHALLENGE
Like many of its peers, UW needed more-reliable, real-time data for reporting purposes, as well
as for updated business processes and systems
to support the increased utilization demands of students, faculty and staff University management recognized a timely opportunity to modernize systems and processes and, in response, created the WyoCloud project
As former university President Laurie Nichols described it, “We’re living with a system that
is very old and outdated But on the flip side, we’re ready to adopt a new system that is truly cutting edge In fact, there are many people not only across the region, but the nation, who are watching the University of Wyoming because this is such a comprehensive implementation
of a cloud-based system.”
APPROACH
In 2016, the University of Wyoming made the decision to implement the cloud The cloud solution addresses several strategic areas for the university, including financial management, procurement, reporting and analytics, planning and budgeting, research and grants management, and technical systems
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING
STUDENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
FOR CLOUD DEPLOYMENT
With enthusiastic assistance from students, an innovative internship program modernizes the
university by introducing undergrads to cloud technology and real-world business skills
In 2016, the University of Wyoming (UW) launched WyoCloud, a pioneering project to
modernize strategic systems through implementation of an extensive enterprise resource
planning (ERP) cloud suite
“WyoCloud is a groundbreaking project
for the university, bringing a huge
transformation to our systems and the
way we perform so many processes It’s
really exciting to be a part of it.”
MCKAY MCCAULEY, UW STUDENT INTERN,
MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING MAJOR
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PROGRAM FOR CLOUD DEPLOYMENT
As a key implementation strategy to help
the university creatively finance and staff the
WyoCloud project, Huron helped launch a student
internship program in March of 2017 to augment
the dedicated project staff The small team of
student interns, interviewed and managed by
Huron, specialized in several WyoCloud project
areas, from financials and procurement to
reporting and analytics to research and grants
management and technical systems, as well as
organizational transformation These interns added
a significant value for the university, including:
• Helping to promote the organizational
transformation by expanding the number
of UW constituents involved in and aware
of the project
• Alleviating some of the workload for the
dedicated WyoCloud implementation team
• Providing a source of potential new employees
for both the university and Huron
• Enabling Huron to give back to the university
and the Laramie community
But another benefit may outshine the rest
Participating in the project is enabling the
student interns to acquire skills and experiences
that will help them become more valuable to
future employers
RESULTS
The results of the WyoCloud project student internship program have met and even exceeded the anticipated benefits
The university, together with Huron, has provided
an opportunity for the student interns to learn new skills and be exposed to new experiences that will enhance their value to future employers According to Dr Nick Prince, assistant professor of management at UW, few internships are available
“that give students the opportunity to consult, and yet that’s something many of our interns are excited about.” He added that having a foot in the door to “being hired by a respected consulting firm like Huron is a great experience for any of our students.”
The WyoCloud project team has been able to offload some of its activities to the interns, helping
to keep the schedule and budget on track The interns have actively promoted the WyoCloud project and its benefits to an extended audience, fueling a growing appreciation of WyoCloud and its farreaching implications
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“What I like most about the WyoCloud
project internship is that I’m a little out
of my element I’ve had to do a lot of
learning on my own, including new tools
and resources I wasn’t even aware of
before the internship.”
MARK GRANT, UW STUDENT INTERN,
ACCOUNTING MAJOR